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Psalm 120

1 The prayer of Dauid being vexed by the falſe reportes of Sauls flatterers. 5 And therefore he lamenteth his long abode among thoſe infideles, 7 Who were giuen to all kinde of wickednes and contention.
¶ A ſong of degrees.
1.ICalled vnto the Lord in my trouble, and he heard me.
2.Deliuer my ſoule, ô Lord, frõ lying lippes, and from a deceitful tongue.
3.What doeth thy deceitful tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
4.It is as the ſharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coles of iuniper.
5.Wo is to me that I remaine in Méſhech, & dwell in the tentes of Kedár.
6.My ſoule hathe to long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7.I ſeke peace, and when I ſpeake thereof, they are bent to warre.

Notes

1:a.
That is, of lifting vp the tune & riſing in ſinging
1:b.
Albeit the children of God oght to reioyce, when they ſuffer for righteouſnes ſake, yet it is a great grief to the fleſh to heare euil for wel doing
3:c.
He aſſured him ſelf that God wolde turne their craft to their owne deſtruction
4:d.
He ſheweth that there is nothing ſo ſharpe to perce, nor ſo hote to ſet on fyre as a ſclãderous tongue.
5:e.
Theſe were people of Arabia, which came of Iaphét, Gen 10,2
5:f.
That is, of the Iſmaelites
7:g.
He declareth what he meaneth by Méſhech, and Kedár: to wit, the Iſraelites which had degenerate from their godlie fathers and hated and contended againſt the faithful.